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Jimmy Kimmel got laughsÂ last week after being named 2014âs Most Dangerous Cyber Celebrity. According to online security firm McAfee, one in five searches of Kimmelâs name landed Internet surfers on pages that âtested positiveâ for online malware threats. Whatâs no joke: Once again, cybercrooks have proved that peopleâsÂ appetite for entertainment feeds their chances at hacking success. Why? âCelebrity names,Â coupled with the terms âvideoâ and âpicture,â are some of the most-searched terms on the Internet,â explains McAfee chief privacy officer Michelle …

Perfectly timed to the busy travel season, scammers are behind phony emails supposedly sent by the “E-ZPass Service Center” or “E-ZPass Collection Agency.” So beware. Whether or not you have an E-ZPass account, the bogus message may make its way into your inbox, prompting you to click a link. Don’t take the bait. Not only will you be asked to provide sensitive personal and financial information, but clicking that link may also install malware onto your computer that could …